Withdrawal from the Land Classification for Issuing Free House Site Patta for 8 Persons under the Special Regularisation Scheme of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O. Ms. No. 178, Municipal Administration and Water Supply [MA.5(1)], dated 7 August 2025, withdrawing a specified area in Padmanabhapuram ‘B’ Village, Kanniyakumari District, from the control of the Padmanabhapuram Municipal Council. The withdrawal supports the issue of free house site pattas to eight persons under the Special Regularisation Scheme and takes effect from publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
What the notification does
G.O. Ms. No. 178, Municipal Administration and Water Supply [MA.5(1)], dated 7 August 2025, withdraws a specified portion of land from the control of the Padmanabhapuram Municipal Council. The stated purpose is to issue free house site pattas to eight persons under the Special Regularisation Scheme of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998.
The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the withdrawal using the power provided by the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998. It takes effect from the date on which the notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Land covered
The Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department notification applies only to land described in its schedule:
- District: Kanniyakumari.
- Taluk: Kalkulam.
- Municipal council: Padmanabhapuram.
- Village: Padmanabhapuram ‘B’.
- Survey references: C6/222-1 and C6/222-16 to C6/222-23.
- Classification before withdrawal: Government Poramboke.
- Classification after withdrawal: Pathai.
- Total extent shown: 0.21.20 hectare.
- Extent withdrawn: 0.01.33 hectare.
- Northern boundary: C6/222-1.
- Southern boundary: C6/222-3.
- Eastern boundary: C6/222-1.
- Western boundary: C6/222-1.
The notification allows for the scheduled total extent to be slightly more or less.
Who may be affected
G.O. Ms. No. 178 may affect people buying, occupying, advising on or claiming an interest in the listed survey lands in Padmanabhapuram ‘B’ Village. A buyer or property professional dealing with these survey references should check whether the particular plot falls within the withdrawn extent and stated boundaries.
The notification identifies the purpose as issuing free house site pattas to eight persons, but it does not name those persons or set out individual patta allotments. It withdraws the scheduled land from municipal council control for that purpose.
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Common questions
Does the notification apply to all land in Padmanabhapuram ‘B’ Village?
No. It applies only to the scheduled extent connected with survey references C6/222-1 and C6/222-16 to C6/222-23, within the stated boundaries.
How much land is withdrawn from the Padmanabhapuram Municipal Council?
The schedule states a total extent of 0.21.20 hectare and a withdrawn extent of 0.01.33 hectare.
Does the notification name the eight people who will receive free house site pattas?
No. The notification states that the withdrawal is for issuing free house site pattas to eight persons, but it does not provide their names.
When did the withdrawal take effect?
It took effect from the date the notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, 7 August 2025.
